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A Parker man was arraigned Thursday on charges connected with the burglary of a camp near Leeper. The victim in the case says he has video evidence from the crime through images taken by a game camera he had installed on the property. 63 year-old Joseph Everetts faces two counts each of burglary, trespassing, theft by unlawful…

Antti Niemi stopped 37 shots for his 33rd career shutout on Thursday night, and the Dallas Stars blanked the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in the NHL season’s opening game for both teams. Ales Hemsky and last year’s league scoring leader, Jamie Benn, both scored on power plays for the Stars, and rookie Matthias Janmark found the…

The board of directors of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has voted to approve an expansion to six classifications in the sports of high school football, basketball, baseball and softball. Currently, four classifications exist for football and basketball, and three for baseball and softball. The PIAA board’s meeting on Wednesday also resulted in the expansion of…

After a 98-win season, the Pittsburgh Pirates were eliminated from further playoff competition for the second year in a row in a shutout in the National League Wild Card Game. On Wednesday night at PNC Park, Jake Arietta pitched the first postseason complete game by a Cubs pitcher in seventy years, and Chicago blanked the…

Following a lengthy debate on Wednesday, the state House of Representatives voted against the tax increase proposals set forth by Governor Tom Wolf. The plan would have imposed a severance tax on Marcellus shale natural gas drillers, would have increased the state’s personal income tax by about a half of one percentage point, and promised…

Hospital officials now report that a Harrisville man has died from injuries sustained in the crash of his motorcycle on Route 322 in northern Clarion County. State Police at the Clarion station say 31 year-old Shawn Green was traveling east in Elk Township when he looked behind him, and his motorcycle left the road and traveled up…

The mayor of Sugarcreek Borough resigned Wednesday night at the regular meeting of Sugarcreek Borough Council. Charles Minnick has served in the post for nearly six years, but recently moved to Florida. The resignation became effective as of the end of Wednesday’s meeting. Borough Council has thirty days to fill the position for a partial…

A Grand Valley man and a missing teenage girl have both been taken into custody in southern Maine, over a week after the girl was reported missing. Pennsylvania State Police officials say 18 year-old Kyle Bedow has been charged with interference with the custody of a child and concealing the whereabouts of a child. Authorities say a…

A Franklin-area man escaped injury in a one-vehicle accident at a bridge in Utica this week. State Police officials say 24 year-old David Simpson was driving an S-U-V that struck the concrete wall of a bridge on Railroad Street in Utica. Troopers say Simpson continued across the bridge and over a set of railroad tracks, only…

PennDOT says plans will be on display beginning October 19 regarding a scheduled bridge replacement project on Hill City Road in Cranberry Township. The bridge spans Hall’s Run between the intersections with East State Road and Mapleshade Road. Construction is tentatively planned for next June and July. The proposed detour would utilize State Road, Routes 257…